Krmnicek, Stefan
(ed.)
Editorial: Bloomsbury
Colección: The Cultural Histories Series
Número de páginas: 216 págs. 16.0 x 24.0 cm
Fecha de edición: 26-01-2023
EAN: 9781350363816
ISBN: 978-1-350-36381-6
Precio (sin IVA): 34,75 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 36,14 €
The origins of the modern, Western concept of money can be traced back to the earliest electrum coins that were produced in Asia Minor in the seventh century BCE. While other forms of currency (shells, jewelry, silver ingots) were in widespread use long before this, the introduction of coinage aided and accelerated momentous economic, political, and social developments such as long-distance trade, wealth creation (and the social differentiation that followed from that), and the financing of military and political power.